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Yes they will. There are 5 basic things to know about necrovalley to understand it:
1) Gravekeepers gain 500 ATK and DEF.
2) Effects/actions whose COSTS involve taking 1 or more cards out of the graveyard cannot be activated. Such as summoning chaos monsters, skull lair's effect, etc.
3) All effects that involve taking 1 or more cards out of the graveyard are negated. (exceptions in #4)
4) Necrovalley does NOT negate effects that take a predetermined (not targetted, or choosen by a player) card out of the graveyard. Such as sinister serpent, treeborn frog, winged sage falcos, etc.
5) Necrovalley still negates effects that involve taking "all" of something (cards, monsters, etc.) out of the graveyard. Such as fiber jar, big burn, etc.
Dark world monsters fall into number 4. When you discard Goldd, you don't choose which card is taken from the graveyard, so necrovalley doesn't negate it.
1.Cards cannot be removed from the graveyard in anyway. So costs that require you to do so cannot be payed.
2.Cards that activate elsewhere targeting a card in the graveyard are negated. Call of the haunted, premature burial etc.
What is not affected are cards that ACTIVATE in the graveyard and DO NOT target a card in the graveyard. Searchers like Tomato and sangan, treeborn (since he just activates, he doesn't target himself), DW monsters, and so forth.
1.Cards cannot be removed from the graveyard in anyway. So costs that require you to do so cannot be payed.
2.Cards that activate elsewhere targeting a card in the graveyard are negated. Call of the haunted, premature burial etc.
What is not affected are cards that ACTIVATE in the graveyard and DO NOT target a card in the graveyard. Searchers like Tomato and sangan, treeborn (since he just activates, he doesn't target himself), DW monsters, and so forth.
There a lot of things that are left out, or incorrect with that.
For one thing, cards that have a cost that requires you to take stuff out of the graveyard cannot be activated or attempted at all. But effects that do this can be activated and will be negated. Which is a big distinction.
Also, you should not mention anything about cards activating in the graveyard, as that has NOTHING to do with necrovalley one way or the other. Whether a card activates in the graveyard or not has no bearing on if it is or is not negated.
For example, Agido is a card that activates in the graveyard, and does NOT target, yet necrovalley negates it. Why? because it involves you choosing a card to be taken from the graveyard.
Also, cards like red-moon baby, winged sage falcos, mystic knight of jackal activate on the field, and take a card out of the graveyard, but are not negated because neither player chooses which card to take, it's predetermined by the card effect.
The use of the phrase "activates i the graveyard" does not belong in necrovalley's rulings, because it is not the determining factor. It's like saying that Jinzo doesn't negate premature burial because he doesn't negate targeting effects. While that statement is true, it has nothing to do with why he doesn't negate premature burial. If an effect involves taking a predetermined card from the graveyard it doesn't matter where it activates. And likewise, if an effect involves a player choosing a card to take from the graveyard it doesn't matter where it activates.